264 more coronavirus cases diagnosed in Nottinghamshire
The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Nottinghamshire increased by 264 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.
Public Health England figures show that 59,040 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Wednesday (June 30) in Nottinghamshire up from 58,776 the same time on Tuesday.
The health body recently changed the way it records the figures.
Cases identified through a positive lateral flow test – those which can deliver results within half an hour – will no longer be counted if the person then takes a PCR test, which is sent to a lab to be checked, and receives a negative result within three days.
These cases are now being removed daily.
The rate of infection in Nottinghamshire now stands at 7,129 cases per 100,000 people, lower than the England average of 7,416.
Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 26,068 over the period, to 4,800,907.
Nottinghamshire's cases were among the 349,390 recorded across the East Midlands, a figure which rose by 1,375 over the period.
Cumulative case counts include patients who are currently unwell, have recovered and those that have died.